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- Greek philosopher. Considered the first Sophist, he taught a philosophy based on his maxim “Man is the measure of all things.”
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- proper noun A pre-Socratic Greek
philosopher , who famously saidman is the measure of all things .
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The Protagoras is the most substantial dialogue in this group.
Plato's Shorter Ethical Works Woodruff, Paul 2005
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It recalls Protagoras in connect - ing the beginnings of technology and society with the struggle for survival, and in its view of social and ethical usages as a kind of “civic technology” acquired in the same way as the other arts and crafts.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas THOMAS COLE 1968
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In the "Protagoras," the young Hippocrates, son of Apollodorus has come to Protagoras, "that mighty wise man," to learn the science and knowledge of human life.
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In the "Protagoras," where Plato represents Socrates as expounding his position, virtue is interpreted to mean prudence, or foresight of pleasurable and painful consequences.
The Approach to Philosophy Ralph Barton Perry 1916
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In the "Protagoras," the young Hippocrates, son of Apollodorus has come to Protagoras, "that mighty wise man," to learn the science and knowledge of human life.
The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 William Osler 1884
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My disputant admires "Protagoras," an agnostic who believed that "man is the measure of all things."
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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My disputant admires "Protagoras," an agnostic who believed that "man is the measure of all things."
tcpalm.com Stories reader submitted 2010
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[Footnote 59: From the "Protagoras," translated by Benjamin Jowett.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Various 1887
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The discussion takes place at the home of Callias, who is host to Protagoras while he is in town, and concerns a familiar theme in the dialogues: the teachability of virtue.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The main argument is between the elderly Protagoras, a celebrated sophist, and Socrates.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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